ARTICLES COMPRISING FOAM PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES UTILZING FOAM PARTICLES

A cushioning element (14; 26, 36; 60, 62, 64; 120; 230) comprising: a first layer (231) including a depression defined by a first surface (232); and a first component (250) disposed within the depression of the first layer, the first component comprising a plurality of affixed foam particles each in...

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Hauptverfasser:	DOREMUS, Harleigh, FOLGAR, Luis, KVAMME, Brandon, MUTH, Joseph Thomas, SCHILLER, Denis, CONSTANTINOU, Jay
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR CHEMISTRY COLOUR PRINTING COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS FOOTWEAR GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING HUMAN NECESSITIES LINING MACHINES METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PARTS OF FOOTWEAR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRINTING PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE STAMPS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	A cushioning element (14; 26, 36; 60, 62, 64; 120; 230) comprising: a first layer (231) including a depression defined by a first surface (232); and a first component (250) disposed within the depression of the first layer, the first component comprising a plurality of affixed foam particles each including a first thermoplastic elastomeric material, wherein: the first component has one or more regions that include a plurality of unaffixed foam particles; each individual affixed foam particle of the plurality of affixed foam particles includes one or more binding regions affixing an outer surface of the individual foam particle to an outer surface of one or more adjacent foam particles; and the one or more binding regions include a binding material; wherein the first surface is formed of a first sheet comprising a third thermoplastic material, and the second surface is formed of a second sheet comprising a fourth thermoplastic material, and/ or wherein the first sheet is bonded to the second sheet along a seam extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the chamber. Also related articles and methods.